See discreet on Wiktionary
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"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
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"Terms with Portuguese translations",
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"Terms with Swedish translations",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "diskreten",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "дискретен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "taktičen",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "тактичен"
},
{
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "discret"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "diskret"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "discreet"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "hienotunteinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "hienovarainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "tahdikas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "diskreetti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "discret"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "discreto"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "diskret"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diakritikí",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diskret",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "δισκρετ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "diszkrét"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "tapintatos"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "titoktartó"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "diskréten",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "дискре́тен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "táktičen",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "та́ктичен"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "dyskretny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "discreto"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "discret"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "taktíčnyj",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "такти́чный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "discreto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "diskret"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic",
"word": "ölçülü"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predpazliv",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"word": "предпазлив"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sdǎržan",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"word": "сдържан"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"word": "discret"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"word": "diskret"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"word": "hillitty"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"word": "diskreetti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"word": "discret"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "discreto"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"word": "diskret"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "prétpazliv",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"word": "пре́тпазлив"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zdŕžan",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"word": "здр́жан"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "blagorázumen",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"word": "благора́зумен"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"word": "dyskretny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"word": "discreto"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"word": "discret"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nezametnyj",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"word": "незаметный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nebroskij",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"word": "неброский"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"word": "diskret"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "strymanyj",
"sense": "not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стриманий"
}
],
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}
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